El Salto, Jalisco

El Salto is a city, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the central region of the Mexican state of Jalisco.

El Salto
Municipality and city
El Salto de Juanacatlán, circa 1909
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
El Salto
Location in Mexico
El Salto
El Salto (Jalisco)
Coordinates: 20.51605°N 103.17835°W / 20.51605; -103.17835
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Area
  Total92.75 km2 (35.81 sq mi)
  City6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
  Total232,852
  Density2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
  City
27,876
  City density4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Websitewww.elsalto.gob.mx

The municipality covers a surface area of 92.75 km2 (35.81 sq mi) with a population of 232,852. It is surrounded, in a clockwise direction from the north, by the municipalities of Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Juanacatlán, and Tlajomulco de Zúñiga. It was created on 22 December 1943, with its excision from the municipality of Juanacatlán.

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